Tilok Chand Mehroom
| Tilok Chand Mehroom تِلوک چند محرُوم | |
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1 July 1887 Mianwali District, North West Frontier Province |
| Died | 6 January 1966 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, education |
| Period | 20th century |
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Tilok Chand Mehroom (1 July 1887 – 6 January 1966) (Urdu: تِلوک چند محرُوم) (Hindi: तिलोक चंद महरूम) was an eminent Urdu poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination.
Mehroom was born in the village of Mousa Noor Zaman Shah (Mianwali District, Punjab (now Pakistan) on 1 July 1887. The small village, consisting of some 20–25 homes, was under constant threat of flooding from the Indus River and was destroyed and rebuilt many times before his family gave up their farm and shop and moved to Isakhel.
At the age of 6/7 years he joined the Vernacular Middle School where he topped the class every year and received scholarships in the 5th & 8th years. He passed the matriculation examination in 1907 attaining a first class certificate from the Diamond Jubilee School, Bannu (there was no high school in Isakhel). Following this, he entered the Central Training College, Lahore where he trained as a teacher and graduated with BA degree.
In 1908 he joined the Mission High School at Dera Ismail Khan as a teacher of English. Shortly afterwards he transferred to Isakhel for domestic reasons. His concern about the lack of clean water in Isakhel led to his move to Kaloorkote as headmaster of the local middle school in 1924.
Following his son's (Jagan Nath Azad's) move to Rawalpindi in 1933 for higher education, Mehroom sought a transfer there and accepted the post of headmaster at the Cantonment Board School. He worked there till 1943. He was the first headmaster of school which is now famous as F.G.Technical High School. Tariq abad (Lalkurti) Rawalpindi.
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